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Symmetricom Delivers Multi-Sync with industry leading TimeProvider 5000 Grandmaster Clock
January 17, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Symmetricom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency technologies, today announced new capabilities for its TimeProvider® 5000, a leading carrier-grade IEEE 1588-2008 Grandmaster Clock built to handle stringent frequency and phase requirements of next generation networks.
Major enhancements include the addition of carrier-grade Network Time Protocol (NTP), Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), and T1/E1 support to its industry leading Precision Time Protocol (PTP) synchronization platform. Service providers can ensure they have the necessary timing protocols for 4G/LTE services. The TimeProvider® 5000 Master Clock is the first solution of its kind supporting legacy networks that will enable service providers to deploy the necessary synchronization protocols to support next generation services.
“The transition to Ethernet and the convergence of IP-based voice, data and video are placing new demands on network synchronization,” said Daryl Inniss, Components Practice Leader at Ovum. “Upcoming rollouts of 4G/LTE mobile networks are also adding new and unique timing demand on wireless backhaul. The forward looking approach that Symmetricom is taking with its products and enhancements with the TimeProvider® 5000 is well targeted to provide operators with solutions for the next wave of carrier services and network technologies.”
In a separate release:SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Symmetricom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency technologies, today launched the TimeProvider® 5000 NTP Carrier-grade Synchronization Server to support full-scale femtocell rollouts. Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a timing technology ideally suited for femtocell, IMS, IPTV and billing applications.
Richard Webb, directing analyst for microwave and small cells at Infonetics Research, noted in his recent quarterly 2G/3G/4G Femtocell Equipment report that the market has seen a 40 percent jump in global femtocell revenue worldwide from last year, signaling “a growing role for femtocells in supporting coverage and capacity requirements.”
“Demand for data is exploding and more operators are looking to roll out femtocell to offload traffic from their network, and extend coverage to their customers,” said Giuseppe Targia, Head of NWS Packet Networks Partner Product Management at Nokia Siemens Networks. “Working with partners like Symmetricom and having a product such as the TimeProvider® 5000 NTP Server ensures that our customers will be able to scale to meet their needs today and in the future.”
In a separate release:SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Symmetricom®, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYMM), a worldwide leader in precision time and frequency technologies, today announced that China Mobile Limited (NYSE:CHL), the world’s largest mobile telecommunications carrier, has selected Symmetricom’s TimeProvider® 5000 Grandmaster Clock to deploy IEEE 1588 (PTP) and Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) for its Packet Transport Network (PTN) deployment.
SyncE provides frequency synchronization for Ethernet networks and PTP is the standard for providing frequency and phase synchronization over packet networks to support 4G/LTE deployments. The proliferation of smartphones and growing demand for video and data services have prompted service providers such as China Mobile to transition from time division multiplexing (TDM) based network to a Packet Transport Network (PTN). China Mobile has chosen to deploy SyncE in the network core and PTP over the top to the base stations.
“As China Mobile continues its PTN network rollout and evolves towards a smaller cell architecture, we see an increasing role for PTP as the primary synchronization solution, which will support data traffic growth while ensuring service continuity for our customers,” said Dr Li Han, China Mobile Research Institute. “Symmetricom is a key partner providing interoperable timing and synchronization solutions for PTP, which have been successfully deployed in numerous global networks.”
Symmetricom Inc. (Nasdaq: SYMM)
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